What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynaguilkee Lower, County Waterford, Ireland. It occupies a circular grass-covered area measuring 40 metres north-south and 40 metres east-west on an east-facing slope near the Finisk River. The site contains a 7 to 7.35-metre-wide earthen bank, an outer U-shaped fosse, and an external bank, with a wide gap in the inner bank at the west.

Situated on an E-facing slope down to the N-S Finisk River, c. 100m to the SE. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 40m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 7-7.35m; int. H 0.6-0.7m; ext. H 1.1-1.7m), which is reduced to a scarp N-E. There is an outer U-shaped fosse (Wth at top 7m; ext. D 0.5-1.1m) E-W and at NW, and an external bank (Wth c. 3m; max. ext. H 0.4m) SE-SW. There is no identifiable entrence, but there is a wide gap in the inner bank at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 12 November 2010

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